About the Titanic in the Book, A Night to Remem ber by Walter Lord

on its maiden voyage in 1912 the British ocean liner titanic sank after ramming an iceberg in the north atlantic ocean. the nearest ship the California did not get the SOS message because the radio operator had gone to bed and turned off his radio. the titanics captain Edward j smith knew that there were only enough lifeboats for half the 2100 people on board in the panic even those were not filled. seventeen year old jack Thayer from Philadelphia was not lucky enough to get into a lifeboat but as the titanic slid into the water, he dived from its deck into the ice waters coming upon an overturned lifeboat he hung on until the carpathian came to his rescue at dawn more than 1500 other people were not so

My favorite history experience has to do with the movie called “The Titanic.” Not just the movie but the actual event happening. I wish I could have been there and survived the experience to be able to tell the amazing, life changing story. The movie and the actual sinking of the ship affected me in many ways. I think it also affected the way we make our boats today. When I seen this movie and realized not only how much the world has changed since the titanic happened, but the way we think and how we build things differently.

(Attention material) Morgan Robertson wrote a book called The Wreck of the Titan. It was about a so called “unsinkable” ship named the Titan that set sail from England to New York. There were many rich and famous passengers on board. On its journey, the Titan hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sunk. Because of the lack of lifeboats, many people died. If this sounds familiar, get this. The Wreck of the Titan was written 14 years before the Titanic sank.

The article Into the Dark Water by Lauren Tarshis is about when the most massive, high in technology, indestructible ship sunk. The Titanic of course. Also when passenger and survivor Jack Thayer shared his journey, through his writing with author Lauren Tarshis. It makes the article more intriguing to use quotes because it makes you feel as if you are on the ship on that night.

The deluxe steamship, Titanic set sail from Southampton, United Kingdom on April 10, 1912. The Titanic was a luxurious ship that carried some of the wealthiest people of the world as well as emigrants searching for a new way of life, it was said to be a “floating palace.” The technology that was present on this ship was remarkable for the time period. It had high-tech capabilities and was one of the best accomplishments. As the palace was on its voyage to the Port of New York, it ran into a large iceberg. The impact was so large that the ship’s hull plates were forced inwards, allowing water to rush in. The ship slowly sank on April 15, 1912. The Titanic’s crash became the most iconic shipwrecks in history and grasped headline after headline. This paper has article reviews from James P. Delgado, David

The titanic was a massive tragedy and was also huge, but how would it compare to modern ships? Today I will be writing an essay on the similarities and differences between the two biggest ships of their time. To be clear, I will use the oasis of the seas as a reference point.

As the passengers were loading onto the ship, it began swaying from side to side. They were all oblivious to the imminent danger until things went wrong all at once. Dishes slipped off shelves, a piano slid across the floor, and a refrigerator fell over with a resounding crash that was heard throughout the ship. The passengers then realized that they were in danger, and they attempted to escape while in a state of panic. “Those that had gathered on the port side of the Eastland were the ones that were pretty much doomed to death. When the ship rolled into the river it rolled to the port side. All those people within seconds found themselves in the bottom of the ship being buried by hundreds of other people” (Eastland). While they did get help rather quickly, many of the passengers were already overboard and struggling to keep themselves above water. Many people either drowned immediately, or they suffocated in the middle of a myriad of bodies in the water. “The ship was only a few feet from the wharf, where a large crowd of horrified spectators watched, and it was in only 20 feet of water. That, however, was deep enough to drown 844 people who were trapped or trampled below decks”

The Titanic had one trip to do but during that trip a iceberg cut the ship on the side.

The crew was not trained in their duties to conduct the evacuation of the Titanic, this fact is evident in the fact that the first life boat launched from the Titanic was launched with only twenty eight passengers, instead of the sixty five that the lifeboat was designed to carry. The lifeboats aboard Titanic were assigned a crew member, who was responsible for the loading and lowering of the lifeboat; however, some crew members did not know their lifeboat assignments (Cale and Tate, 89). Another key fact that led to the crew not understanding their lifeboat assignments was the assignments were not posted until Saturday, the day before the Titanic struck the iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Ironically, also on Sunday April 15, 1912, Captain Edward Smith cancelled the life boat drill that was planned to be conducted for unknown reasons. Some of the reasons that are speculated to have caused the cancellation are blustery weather conditions and the fact that Captain Smith wanted to allow the passengers of the Titanic to attend Sunday church services. This combination of events led to the twenty lifeboats that were aboard the Titanic to be lowered with four hundred empty seats in them, dramatically reducing the number of survivors that survived that

April 14,1912 it was a day that the world will never forget. The Titanic was the biggest luxury liner of it’s time. From the rich to the poor it was the ship that would take them all to America. Until the tragic night of April 14,1912 when Titanic hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the ocean. I will give the history of the Titanic,details about that tragic night and where Titanic is now.

There were only enough lifeboats for half of the passengers and were not filled to captivity when

Captain Smith ordered the lifeboats to be uncovered at 12:05 am and sending calls at 12:10 am. Passengers were tired and didn’t get into the first lifeboat until 12:45 am. Soon it became obvious that the ship was sinking and many fought for their lives to get on a boat. The water first filled the boiler rooms and no passenger rooms. The boat then lifted up and broke and lifted up into two pieces, the top half pointing to the sky. Passengers got many injuries from running around in panic in fear of their lives. Some people even threw furniture overboard and would jump in after it, hoping it would float. After saying their goodbyes, men watched as the wives and kids were boarded onto the lifeboats. Some stepped of the lifeboats to let others sit and mad no effort to save themselves, they later went to an honored grave. . However it became obvious that many could not fit and find safety on a boat. The remaining passengers and crew were given life jackets, but life expectancy would be slim when they were exposed to icy cold waters 4 degrees below zero. As they jumped in they quickly died in the water from a heart attack or slowly developed symptoms of hypothermia. After the ship was slowly sinking the search for survivors began, using lifeboats they passed through the frozen people. Survivors were finally rescued around 4:00 am on April 15 by the ship Carpathia. The ship steamed through the night at high speed and considerable risk. The ship rescued 705 people, leaving 1,522 passengers had died along with the

The Titanic was on her maiden voyage from Britain to America when the crew received a warning from the RMS Caronia reporting heavy ice in the area. The crew decided to foolishly ignore the warning and continued on at top speed. Then, another warning from the RMS Baltic also seriously warned the crew about the icebergs

The Titanic was deemed to be unsinkable, but when it hit the iceberg it sunk because the captain had not listened to the ships warnings and kept on going at full speed. It crashed into the iceberg and did not have time to fully turn and get out of the way. It scraped the side so hard that it made holes in the boat which filled

The film itself does not go into detail into about how the Titanic sank instead it focuses more on the stories of the people on board. Towards the end of the movie the scene of the lifeboats